How can I shorten this PHP if statement?

Question

I have an if statement, and I need to compare a single string with many different options. The code I post below shows what I mean pretty clear. I know 2 ways of doing this, but

Answer 1

http://php.net/manual/en/function.in-array.php

$centered = array ("contact","report","new");
if(in_array($Url[0], $centered)) {
    //Do something
}